EP2373580B1 - Process for the production and treatment of graphite powders - Google Patents

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EP2373580B1
EP2373580B1 EP09740340.6A EP09740340A EP2373580B1 EP 2373580 B1 EP2373580 B1 EP 2373580B1 EP 09740340 A EP09740340 A EP 09740340A EP 2373580 B1 EP2373580 B1 EP 2373580B1
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  • the present invention relates to a thermal treatment apparatus and novel methods for the production and treatment of carbon material, in particular graphite powders, employed as an additive in polymers, batteries or other applications.
  • the Acheson technology ( U.S. Patent No. 933,944 ) developed in the early 20th century describes a process for heat treatment of carbonaceous materials by resistive heating. The process based on the graphitization of coke in the presence of a binder, however, shows its limits.
  • the graphitized carbon (graphite) has to be ground.
  • the produced graphite is characterized by a rather active surface as a result of the fresh grinding.
  • the thermal treatment of carbonaceous material in an Acheson furnace as illustrated in Figure 1 occurs by two different mechanisms: 1) resistive heating (joule effect or direct heating) and 2) thermal conduction (indirect heating).
  • the charge of an Acheson oven normally consists of a carbonaceous material to be treated, where carbonaceous material is positioned around a core of graphite (consisting of solid rods or bars), wherein the core is lined up between the electrodes which supply electrical energy (see Figure 2 ).
  • the core allows electrical current flow between the electrodes, by which the solid core material is heated up by resistive heating.
  • the graphitization process starts in the contact surface area between the core and the carbonaceous material surrounding the core, and is induced by indirect heating of the carbonaceous material by thermal conduction from the hot core.
  • the ohmic resistivity of the carbonaceous material around the core is decreased with proceeding graphitization, and, consequently, the heating of the contact area becomes more and more a result of direct heating.
  • the graphitization of the carbonaceous material proceeds in a radial direction from the core to the outer surface of the carbonaceous charge of the oven. It can be easily derived from the above description that the degree of direct and indirect heating is not uniform over the radius of the oven, but the proximal parts of the carbonaceous material are subjected to more direct heating than the distal parts.
  • the difference in heat applied to different parts of the charge of carbonaceous material over the diameter of the oven is compounded by the cooling effect of the atmosphere at the outer part of the furnace, yielding a graphitization gradient over the diameter of the furnace and, thus, a lack of homogeneity of the resulting product.
  • the Acheson process for graphitization has many advantages.
  • the equipment is robust and rarely subject to malfunctions.
  • the Acheson process is still commonly employed in the preparation of graphitic material.
  • there is a need in the art for improved preparation processes for graphitic materials combining the advantages of the well-known equipment with a more homogenous nature of the obtained product.
  • CN 1 834 205 A reports on a graphitization protocol wherein the heating core is typically composed of several bars of a conductive heating core, formed by a number of 1.8 meter pieces of solid conductive carbon material.
  • the shortcomings of this method are that by the necessity to use and arrange a number of large pieces of a solid carbon material to form the heating core the process is both cumbersome and the configurations rather limited. Accordingly, this protocol is restricted to a rather small array of products.
  • U.S. Patent No. 7,008,526 covers the graphitization of pre-ground carbonaceous precursors. Since this application restricts itself to just pre-ground carbonaceous precursors, the utility of the process described therein is therefore rather limited. Furthermore, rather than an Acheson furnace, a muffle furnace is the heat source for this application and hence heating can only occur through thermal conduction (indirect heating).
  • GB 2 185 559 A describes a process for continuously graphitizing carbon bodies by electric resistance. The process described therein is thus fundamentally different from Acheson type processes wherein the carbonaceous material to be treated is loaded to the furnace at once and then after the end of the treatment removed from the furnace.
  • SU 1 765 115 A1 describes a further method for heat treating carbonaceous material wherein the furnace incorporates a "grid" of solid dielectric material for conveying the heat necessary for the treatment process.
  • the possible process configurations are rather limited due to the sophisticated setup of the conductive elements.
  • GB 796236 A is concerned with achieving a more uniform heating of particulate non-conductive materials such as metal oxides or silica within an Acheson type reactor so as to reduce the oxides and produce metal/silicon carbides.
  • the solution requires a number of solid graphite bars which represent a part of the heating element.
  • U.S. Patent No. 6,783,747 describes the use of containers whose walls are made out of graphite which are filled with the material to be graphitized. Electrical current supplied by electrodes flows through the container walls, which in turn become heated by the Joule effect. The heat generated in such a way is transmitted substantially via thermal conduction to the powder to be treated inside the box. This technique has a number of drawbacks:
  • the inventors have developed a process for the preparation or treatment of carbonaceous material (e.g. graphite powder) wherein the solid core of graphite in the Acheson type oven (usually consisting of rods or bars in the prior art) has been replaced with a graphitic material in particulate form.
  • carbonaceous material e.g. graphite powder
  • the graphitic material serves to produce the desired resistive heating by virtue of the Joule effect observed when electrical current flows through the material, it may also be referred to as a "functional filler.”
  • the novel process of the present invention is consequently both more efficient and safer than the prior art.
  • the present invention provides processes for the thermal treatment of carbonaceous material in a reactor comprising electrodes positioned at both ends of the reactor, characterized in that in addition to the carbonaceous material to be treated a functional filler consisting essentially of graphitic material in particulate form is added to the reactor for allowing electrical current to flow through the charge, provided that when the carbonaceous material to be treated is graphitic material, no functional filler needs to be added to the graphitic material to be treated.
  • the graphitic material of the functional filler has an average particle size ranging from about 1 ⁇ m to about 10 mm, preferably from about 10 ⁇ m to about 1 mm.
  • the functional filler of the present invention is thus mainly composed of conductive graphitic material, but may also contain some additives commonly employed in graphitization or graphite treatment processes.
  • the carbonaceous material obtained from the processes of the invention is typically characterized by an increased homogeneity compared to material obtained with conventional processes.
  • the processes of the present invention offer a convenient way to adjust the properties of the obtained material by virtue of controlling the degree of direct and indirect heating of the carbonaceous material during the thermal treatment.
  • the latter is achieved by appropriately arranging the material to be treated and the functional filler inside the reactor, as will be explained in more detail below.
  • fine-tuning the arrangement of functional filler and material to be treated, basically any degree of direct to indirect heating can be achieved, dependent on the desired properties of the obtained product.
  • the carbonaceous material is a material to be graphitized by the process of the invention.
  • the carbonaceous material is a graphitic material to be heat-treated and/or purified by the process of the invention.
  • the carbonaceous material to be processed and/or the functional filler will essentially be of homogeneous particle size, i.e. with a narrow particle size distribution. The latter is clearly advantageous in order to separate the treated material from the functional filler present in the reactor.
  • the processes of the present invention are typically carried at temperatures of about 2000° up to 3500° C.
  • the temperature for graphitization in an Acheson type process is more than about 2500°C.
  • the processes may employ another carbonaceous material as a bulk insulator material, i.e. having a low electrical conductivity.
  • a bulk insulator material i.e. having a low electrical conductivity.
  • said bulk insulation material is typically in particulate form and preferably essentially of essentially homogeneous particle size.
  • control of the degree of direct and indirect heating is achieved by charging the carbonaceous material to the Acheson type oven in the form of a mixture consisting of
  • the mixture of a) and b) is comprised of the functional filler in an amount which overcomes the percolation threshold of the resulting mixture.
  • the percolation threshold depends on the specific properties of the two materials, and can be easily determined by those of skill in the art. In most cases, a content of at least 5% of the functional filler will be necessary to obtain a sufficient conductivity of the mixture.
  • the carbonaceous material to be treated is graphitic material and thus already conductive, less or even no functional filler at all needs to be added to the graphitic material to be treated.
  • the degree of direct and indirect heating of the carbonaceous material to be treated is controlled through the mutual three-dimensional arrangement of the graphitic material and the carbonaceous material to be heat treated.
  • the degree of direct and indirect heating in the process is controlled by charging the carbonaceous material to be treated to the reactor in the form of layers separated by one or more layers of a graphitic material, with the graphitic material in particulate form acting as a functional filler enabling the desired electrical current flow.
  • the layers of carbonaceous material and graphitic material are positioned in an alternating manner when viewed in a cross-section of the reactor.
  • the degree of direct and indirect heating in the process is controlled by charging the carbonaceous material to the reactor in the form of a core "bar" (consisting of particulate material), wherein said core bar is surrounded by the functional filler allowing electrical current flow.
  • the degree of direct and indirect heating in the process can be controlled by charging the carbonaceous material to be treated to the reactor, and disposing the graphitic material in particulate form between the electrodes in the form of one or more "bars" allowing electrical current flow.
  • the "bars" of the graphitic material are of rectangular shape when viewed in a cross-section.
  • the functional filler goes into the process in particulate form and at the end of the process is removed in particulate form.
  • the graphitic functional filler and the carbonaceous material may conveniently be of different grain size, thereby allowing the separation of the treated carbonaceous particles from the functional filler particles through standard techniques available in the art.
  • the content of the cold oven after the thermal treatment is classified through sieves having mesh sizes corresponding to the grain sizes of the employed filler and carbonaceous materials, respectively.
  • a carbonaceous material with low conductivity in particulate form is added in addition to the carbonaceous material to be treated and the functional filler to the reactor.
  • a material is herein referred to as a solid bulk insulation.
  • said carbonaceous material acting as a solid bulk insulation has low electrical conductivity. Suitable examples are coke (such as petroleum coke), anthracite and the like.
  • the carbonaceous material can be charged to the reactor within graphitic containers, wherein the graphitic containers are embedded into a graphitic material in particulate form allowing electrical current flow (functional filler).
  • the carbonaceous material and/or the graphitic material acting as the functional filler may further contain one or more catalyst compounds, nucleating agents, binders, coatings or any other additives commonly employed in such processes.
  • carbonaceous material examples include coke (green or calcined), petroleum coke, pitch coke, carbonized wood or other biogenic products, needle coke, sponge coke, metallurgical coke, coal tar based carbons and mesocarbons, anthracite, synthetic graphite, natural graphite, expanded graphite, carbonized polymers, carbon black or combinations thereof.
  • graphitic material suitable for treatment or acting as the functional filler include synthetic graphite, natural graphite, expanded graphite or combinations thereof.
  • One of the aims of the present invention is to provide an efficient process for the preparation of substantially homogeneous graphite using a reactor comprising electrodes positioned at both ends of the reactor.
  • the inventors have found that by using a functional filler in particulate form the degree of direct and indirect heating can be manipulated, through which the properties of the obtained heat treated carbonaceous material can be fine-tuned as desired.
  • the products obtained by the processes of the present invention can be used, for instance, in lithium-ion batteries.
  • a purified form of synthetic graphite can be produced by manipulating the spatial arrangement of the carbonaceous material and the graphitic functional filler in particulate form inside the reactor.
  • the desired degree of direct vs. indirect heating can be achieved by manipulating the layered construction of the carbonaceous material and said graphitic material (e.g., layer thicknesses, number of layers and orientation of layers), the ratio of carbonaceous material to graphitic material, or the size of the particles of the carbonaceous material and/or the graphitic material.
  • the volume ratio between carbonaceous material and graphitic material can also be varied to achieve the desired degree of direct and indirect heating.
  • any of these manipulations can also be used in combination.
  • the present invention further permits the carbonaceous material to be treated with or without pre-grinding provided the particle size is compatible with layer thickness and filling operations.
  • the reactor typically comprises a metal frame and refractory lining.
  • the electrodes are positioned at both ends of the reactor as shown in Figure 1 .
  • the spatial arrangement of the carbonaceous material to be heat-treated and the functional filler inside the reactor is generally adapted in order to achieve the desired properties of the obtained material.
  • the powders and/or grains are typically deposited by a computer guided arm which brings the materials in the selected position.
  • the carbonaceous material and graphitic functional filler in particulate form can be disposed within the oven in a plurality of alternating layers.
  • the thickness of the various layers can be pre-programmed.
  • the particle size of the respective materials in the layers can be selected based on pre-determined characteristics. These parameters, as well as others known to those skilled in the art, either alone or in combination, can be selected in order to influence the heating rates of the carbonaceous material at desirable levels.
  • the carbonaceous material to be treated and the functional filler in particulate form can for example be separated by a cardboard sheet that may remain in place before starting the heating or by metal sheets which are removed prior to starting the heating.
  • the different materials can be separated by any other technique that allows them to retain their form or remain confined throughout the process. In this sense, the discrete areas defining the respective materials assume monolithic forms with no enclosing, separate physical barrier.
  • the materials can also be present as mixed powders and/or grains having different crystallization levels, as well as materials differing by their particle size.
  • the insulation of the oven may not merely comprise the outer lining consisting of refractory material, but may also comprise an insulation charge around the carbonaceous material to be heat treated and the functional filler allowing the electrical current flow.
  • such a solid bulk insulation material is typically comprised of a carbonaceous material having a low electrical conductivity, such as petroleum coke or the like.
  • the control of the degree of direct vs. indirect heating can be achieved by several different spatial arrangements. For example, by charging the functional filler in particulate form around a core of carbonaceous material to be treated (see Figure 3 ) and/or by adapting the thickness of the functional filler (see Figure 3 , m) and/or the carbonaceous material (see Figure 3 , I) to be treated, the progress of direct heating in the radial direction results in a decreased heat gradient during processing. The carbonaceous material is heated rapidly, and undergoes a fast graphitization over the whole thickness, so most of the heat is applied directly via resistive (i.e. direct) heating.
  • resistive i.e. direct
  • the functional filler and the carbonaceous material to be treated may be charged to the oven in the form of alternating layers (see Figure 5 ).
  • the functional filler in particulate form may be charged in the form of "bars" (see Figure 6 ), lined up between the electrodes and passing through the carbonaceous material to be treated. Again, the heat gradient over the diameter of the oven is reduced by such arrangements of the charged materials.
  • the functional filler and the carbonaceous material to be treated may be charged to the oven in the form of a mixture (see Figure 4 ).
  • the content of the functional filler in the mixture, as well as the grain size of the functional filler, can be varied and can be used to influence or control the rate of heating as well as the relative levels of direct and indirect heating.
  • the type of mixture can be a determining factor for quality but also processing requirements.
  • a mixture of a material to be treated with its already graphitized version can simplify the emptying and screening process as well as enable the operator to generate new materials by adjusting the ratio as appropriate.
  • a mixture of a coarser functional grade with a fine material to be treated can facilitate the screening process. While the applicant does not wish to be bound to any kind of theory, it is understood that most of the resistivity heat is developed at the contact of grain surfaces of the functional filler, and the mixture functions as a conductive composite (by blending conductive and less conductive or even insulating material), where each composition can result in a new product having been subjected to a particular thermal history. It will be understood that if the total number of contact surfaces between the functional filler grains is increased, the effect of direct heating is increased as well. Moreover, as the resistivity of the material to be treated is reduced by the heat treatment, direct heating will progressively displace indirect heating in the compositions.
  • the carbonaceous material to be treated may already exhibit a relatively low resistivity. In such cases, it may also serve as its own functional filler.
  • the separation process of the treated carbonaceous particles from the functional filler after the end of the heat treatment can be simplified by employing functional fillers and carbonaceous materials of different grain sizes.
  • the content of the cold oven for example, can be classified through sieves having mesh sizes corresponding to the grain sizes of the employed filler and carbonaceous materials, respectively.
  • the carbonaceous material to be treated may be charged to the oven by filling the carbonaceous material into one, and preferably more than one container ( Fig. 7 ) consisting of graphite, where the loaded containers are embedded within the functional filler inside the oven.
  • the heating of the carbonaceous material is to a large extent indirect heating, since little or no electrical current is passed through the carbonaceous material to be treated inside the graphite containers.
  • the functional filler and/or the carbonaceous material may contain one or more additional catalyst compounds to increase the rate of the intended reactions.
  • Catalysts for graphitization are known in the art and include, but are not limited to, carbide-forming components, such as iron, silicon oxide or silicon metal, boron oxide or boron metal, aluminium oxide or aluminium metal.
  • the functional filler and carbonaceous material also may contain binders, coatings and other additives commonly employed in this technical field.
  • Reactors comprising electrodes positioned at both ends of the reactor are generally known in the art.
  • the third solid bulk insulation illustrated in the Figures is usually comprised of a carbonaceous material with low conductivity such as petroleum coke or anthracite, or other suitable (inert) materials. In cases where the latter is in direct contact with the material to be heat treated, the particle size is generally selected to be different to allow a convenient separation at the end of the process.
  • the second solid insulation generally consists of refractory materials such as silicon carbide or suitable metal oxides.
  • reactors of a smaller size it may be advantageous to use reactors of a smaller size than usually employed. Since the energetic efficiency of the standard Acheson process is not very high, graphitization is frequently performed in very large ovens having a total load in the range of about 100 tons of carbonaceous material to be graphitized. However, for the purpose of arriving at a reactor charge having a defined three-dimensional arrangement or shape as described herein, it will often be easier to perform a controlled charging and discharging of the oven if smaller-sized ovens are employed.
  • Table 2 Properties of starting material and final product after treatment in an arrangement according to Figure 2:
  • Raw material Calcined coke
  • Final product Ashes Content (%) 0,102 0,004 Volatiles Content (%) 1,14
  • Table 3 Properties of starting material and final product after treatment in an arrangement according to Figure 3
  • Raw material Calcined coke Final product Ashes Content(%) 0,102 0,004 Volatiles Content (%) 1,14 Pour Density (g/cc) 0,594 0,614 Xylene Density (g/cc) 2,084 2,237 Lc (nm) 002 3 71 c/2 (nm) 002 0,3466 0,3361 d10 ( ⁇ m) 9 8,8 d50 ( ⁇ m) 23,9 23,0 d90 ( ⁇ m) 50,9 48,3 Nitrogen Surface Area (m 2 /g) 4 1,80 Fe Content (ppm) 400 67
  • Examples 1 and 2 show that with two identical starting materials and with identical electrical input, the two different spatial arrangements (one with the conducting material inside the other with the conductive material outside) generate two different products, in particular with respect to the crystallinity (see xylene density and crystalline graphite domains Lc) and specific surface area of the product.
  • Table 4 illustrates the purification process of the present invention for two different graphite materials.
  • the main physical characteristics are reported for the materials before and after heat treatment.
  • the treated materials have been analyzed on the top of the reactor and on the bottom in order to illustrate the uniformity of the treatment. It can be observed that the overall purity given by ash content and moisture is noticeably improved independently of the type of starting material. Trace elements have disappeared and are below 1 ppm or no longer detectable. Vanadium, although reduced, stays at a slightly higher level. Sulfur content is strongly reduced, although this may also depend on the graphite type. As illustrated by the results, no significant difference can be observed between top and bottom of the reactor, confirming that the process of the present invention produces a highly homogenous product throughout the reactor.

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